11Synonyms found for dictionary

Word Origin & History

dictionary 1520s, from M.L. dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from L. dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word." Probably first Eng. use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though L. Dictionarius was so used from early 13c.

Example Sentences for dictionary

The word is either in the game's dictionary or it's not.

If you were to look up the word singer in the dictionary you'd see their names.

The computer then looks up the word in a phonetic dictionary, creating a list of possible matches.

Perhaps a bit of business of looking up a word in a dictionary to see whether it has a meaning.

The book earned him notoriety, confidence, a dictionary entry and lots of money.

Change your password to a strong one that doesn't use words from the dictionary and includes numbers and uppercase letters.

His name could be put as a synonym to "fanboy" in any dictionary.

Since last year, Matthew has combed the dictionary and made a list of 30000 of the toughest words.